RISAA Tournament

[spence]

Too bad, MS has impacted my family in a tremendous way...I was looking forward to this.

I think I'll fish anyway

-spence

[The Dad Fisherman]

I would think that in a tournament like this the bottom line would be get as many people to fish as possible. That way you raise as much money as possible for the Charity its for. excluding people just takes money away from your original goal.

and, also, couldn't you use tournaments like this to foster interest in Clubs to grow your membership. People show up, meet people, talk and get interested in an organization and end up joining.

Its seems like a win-win to me...just don't get why you would exclude anybody.

[Iwannakeeper]

The only reasonably explaination for not wanting a club to participate is fear.

All others fear the fishing power of striped-bass.com!!

[zacs]

bummer. I don't belong to any clubs.

I will fish anyways, and have my own tournament, and award myself prizes in all categories. And afterwards have an awards ceremony and get all plastered by myself and go pass out in my bushes.

WOOOHOOO

[spence]

I reward myself before my personal tourney, this year first prize was a new surf top

-spence

[reelecstasy]

Originally Posted by spence

I reward myself before my personal tourney, this year first prize was a new surf top

-spence

LOL, me too on Friday..the new Simms surf top

[JohnR]

Club Tourneys can be funny but the MDA, which this one is modeled after is a no sheet awesome bragiing rights tourney, It really does more to fish and less on the fund raising then perhaps it could. The MDA Tourney last year raised 1200-1300 or something dollars if I remember right among all the clubs that particpated. I think much of the money raised was by people buying the raffle tickets. I know I donated a half dozen real nice plugs for the raffle table and a couple clubs donated things and a couple shops donated a reel. Again, went to a good cause.

I really would have liked to get us into the RISAA tourney but we were never invited (we have been invited to other regional tourneys, officially and unofficially) but I missed the dealine. I looked several times on their site but their were no details. Was not a problem when they wanted to push the show, plenty of links there. Anyway....

Well, in a nutshell, I received an e-mail which I will apply to tonight or tomorrow about whether or not we qualify as a "club"

Perhaps we will create a "club", elect Clammer as President, have an E-Board, charge $1 annual dues, and have out meetings at Hooters on Tuesday nights once a month in the off season

Thanks and good luck!

John